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Model | Manufacture | Cap (g) | Baseplate (g) |
1930s pre-War (NDC) | American | 16 Red Brass | 11 |
1930s pre-War (NDC) | American | 14 Yelllow Brass | 11 |
1940s post-War (W1) | American | 11 | 11 |
1940s FB #44 | British | 12 | 13 |
1940s FB Brass | British | 13 | 12 |
1950s FB Brass | British | 13 | 12 |
1940s Hybrid | British | 14 | 18 |
1950s | British | 14 | 11 |
1950s (B3) | American | 15 | 11 |
1950s (Z4) Gold | American | 12 | 11 |
1950s Aluminium | British | 14 | 3 |
1960s (K4) Gillette | American | 10 | 10 |
1960s (L2) Gillette Taveller | American | 10 | 10 |
1970s (P2) Gillette | British | 10 | 10 |
1970s (T2) Gillette Ball | British | 10 | 8 |
1970s (U3) Gillette Ball Traveller | British | 10 | 8 |
1970s Double Edge/G1000 | British | 10 | 8 |
1970s French (Diamond Stamped) | British | 10 | 10 |
1970s French (Diamond Stamped O3) Open Comb | British? | 10 | 10 |
1970s Rotbart (Embossed) | British? | 11 | 10 |
1980s [Blank] | British | 11 | 10 |
Lord | Russia? | 11 | 7 |
Sterling | China? | 8 | 2 |
3 grams is 4/64th of a cup.I'll drop in later......after you convert these silly metric weights to oz. or grains.
g (here) = units of GilletteI'll drop in later......after you convert these silly metric weights to oz. or grains.
I dread to think how your school taught human reproductionI understand both antiquated (avoirdupois) & metric, but I could never wrap my head around using grams easily. I always harken back to when I was young and was taught that 1 gram = approx. one paperclip or a raisin which as you can see is a pizz poor analogy.
We could measure everything in "stone".I understand both antiquated (avoirdupois) & metric, but I could never wrap my head around using grams easily. I always harken back to when I was young and was taught that 1 gram = approx. one paperclip or a raisin which as you can see is a pizz poor analogy.
Ah, okay ... I've just picked up on what it's referred to as. Brass is copper and zinc, so red brass is just "more coppered".Minor complaint,... but the red parts are red brass I believe, not copper, copper threads wouldn't last very long.
Maybe that's why I like the pre-war, it's a heavy cap. (16 Gillettes)
Fine work Paul.Mulling over using my Lord Tech clone to have a run through the remainder of my Lord blades (thinking that many have already been tried out with my benchmark Tech, the 1980s [Blank] in the list below), I thought the whole razor felt ... well, kinda quite well made when compared to that late Tech and certainly better than the Sterling that I got with some of the new Gillette Super Blue blades.
I started weighing them out ...
Model Manufacture Cap (g) Baseplate (g) 1930s pre-War (NDC) American 16 Red Brass 11 1930s pre-War (NDC) American 14 Yelllow Brass 11 1940s post-War (W1) American 11 11 1940s FB #44 British 12 13 1940s FB Brass British 13 12 1950s FB Brass British 13 12 1940s Hybrid British 14 18 1950s British 14 11 1950s (B3) American 15 11 1950s (Z4) Gold American 12 11 1950s Aluminium British 14 3 1960s (K4) Gillette American 10 10 1960s (L2) Gillette Taveller American 10 10 1970s (P2) Gillette British 10 10 1970s (T2) Gillette Ball British 10 8 1970s (U3) Gillette Ball Traveller British 10 8 1970s Double Edge/G1000 British 10 8 1970s French (Diamond Stamped) British 10 10 1970s French (Diamond Stamped O3) Open Comb British? 10 10 1970s Rotbart (Embossed) British? 11 10 1980s [Blank] British 11 10 Lord Russia? 11 7 Sterling China? 8 2
Make of it what you will, but down the later Techs you'll see that the baseplate lightened by the '70s and then I have a couple of anomalies where the baseplate appears to return to 1960s weight. The 1940s British FB versus the American pre/post-War are interesting results.
I think when I get to the Lords, I'll use the Lord cap from that razor and pop it onto the baseplate from my benchmark 1980s Gillette Tech. It's a guess where it is made, though. I think I recall Russia on the packaging which makes sense as the vendor I bought mine from also has all manner of Rapira Sterling clones.
Not the MIC Sterling. I have used an Indian Sterling some years ago but it was when I'd first come to traditional shaving and so I only had the comparatively heavy Merkur 23C to compare with. I found it okay, to be frank. Likely today, I'd find it pretty primitive.Fine work Paul.
Have you used the MIC Tech? I've used one similar and it's really mild.
The Sterling Indian market Gillette Tech is quite a bit more aggressive! Looks like a Tech but doesn't shave like one.
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